Wart and Verruca Removal in London 2026. What Actually Clears Them, Why Most Treatment Fails and What Pricing to Clearance Means
The Wellness in Marylebone provides the best wart and verruca removal in London for people who want a doctor to treat the lesion until it is gone rather than sell them sessions, with the Complete Clearance Programme from £1,495 priced to clearance rather than by the visit, doctor cryotherapy from £395 for the first lesion and curettage and cautery with histology from £595, inside a ladder that runs to £49,995. The evidence is humbling and this page says so. In the EVerT trial of 240 adults with plantar warts reported by Cockayne in the BMJ, cryotherapy cleared 14% at 12 weeks and salicylic acid cleared 14%, no better than each other, and the Cochrane review by Kwok found salicylic acid beat placebo by around half again while cryotherapy's evidence was weaker. Around 2 in 3 warts in children clear on their own within 2 years. What works is persistence, the right method for the right lesion, and treatment continued to clearance rather than stopped at the third session, which is why the programme is priced to the outcome and the risk of a stubborn wart sits with the clinic rather than with you. Fees appear further down this page.
Reviewed by the medical team at The Wellness. Last updated 1 September 2026.
Send us a photo and a doctor will say what will clear it or email team@thewellnesslondon.com or call 020 3951 3429.
What warts and verrucas are and why they persist
Warts and verrucas are the same thing, a benign growth of skin caused by the human papillomavirus, called a verruca when it is on the sole and pushed inwards by walking. They spread by direct contact and from wet floors, they are commonest in children and in people whose immune system is suppressed, and they persist because the virus sits in the skin below the growth where surface treatment does not reach it. That is the reason a wart treated 3 times and left comes back.
Most clear without treatment. Around 2 in 3 in children resolve within 2 years, adults take longer, and a wart that has been present for more than 2 years or is on the sole is the one least likely to leave on its own. Treatment is for pain, spread, embarrassment or a wart that has outstayed the immune system, and a doctor who says a small painless wart in a child can be left alone is giving the evidence-based answer.
What actually clears them
Salicylic acid applied daily for 12 weeks after filing is the method with the best trial evidence and the one most people give up on in week 3, which is why it fails. Cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen freezes the wart and the skin beneath for 10 to 20 seconds, blisters it, and is repeated every 2 to 3 weeks, and it works best on hands and least on thick plantar skin, where the EVerT trial found it no better than the acid. Doctor cryotherapy is colder and more sustained than the over-the-counter sprays, which rarely reach the temperature that matters.
Curettage and cautery scrapes the wart out under local anaesthetic and seals the base, clears most single warts in one session and leaves a small scar, which is why it is used on hands and not on weight-bearing soles. Stubborn lesions can be treated with combinations, with a paring and freeze cycle continued for months, or with prescribed treatments applied at home, and the choice depends on the site, the number, the age of the wart and the person, which is what the first consultation decides.
Tell us where it is and how long it has been there and we will recommend the method or email team@thewellnesslondon.com.
Why most treatment fails and what pricing to clearance changes
Treatment fails for 3 reasons. It stops too early, because the fourth session is not booked when the wart looks smaller. It uses the wrong method for the site, freezing a deep plantar wart that needed paring and acid. Or it treats one wart while 3 others seed the skin around it. Sold by the session, every one of those failures is a further fee, and the incentive runs the wrong way.
The Complete Clearance Programme is priced to the outcome. One fee covers the consultation, every session of whatever method the lesion needs, the home treatment between sessions and the review until the wart is gone or the doctor and you agree it will not clear with these methods, in which case a dermatologist is named and booked. A wart that takes 3 sessions costs the same as one that takes 9, and the risk of the stubborn one sits with the clinic. That is the honest way to price something the trials say is unpredictable.
What not to buy and when a wart is not a wart
Laser or freezing of a lesion that has not been looked at with a dermatoscope is the first thing to refuse, because a pigmented or changing lesion on the sole can be a melanoma, and a subungual lesion under a nail can be a squamous cell carcinoma, and both have been treated as verrucas. Every lesion here is examined with a dermatoscope first, and anything atypical is removed with histology rather than frozen. Duct tape, which a randomised trial in 2006 found no better than placebo, is the second.
Sessions sold in packs of 3 with no plan for what happens after are the third, and over-the-counter freeze sprays used for months on a plantar wart are the fourth, because they seldom reach the temperature of liquid nitrogen. A genital wart is a different condition with a different treatment and is seen in a sexual health consultation rather than treated with the methods above, and a wart in someone with a suppressed immune system needs a doctor rather than a pharmacy.
What does wart and verruca removal cost in London
At the top of the market, 12-month programmes with a retained doctor run to £31,995 for one person and £49,995 for a family, where minor skin procedures are part of the year's care. Harley Street dermatologist first appointments run £250 to £500 before any treatment, and private hospital cryotherapy is charged per session with a consultant fee each time, so a stubborn plantar wart over 8 sessions commonly passes £1,500 with no clearance promised.
Beneath that sits a tier defined by its conditions rather than its price, high street clinics selling cryotherapy in packs with no dermatoscope, no doctor and no plan for the lesion that does not clear, and the NHS, which no longer treats warts in most areas because they are classed as cosmetic. At The Wellness every lesion is examined by a doctor with a dermatoscope first, and the programme is priced to clearance. All figures are from prices.
Principal Programme, 12 months, one individual, the fullest level of care, from £31,995
Continuous Care Programme, 12 months of oversight for one person, from £24,995
Complete Clearance Programme, all sessions and home treatment until clearance, from £1,495
Curettage and cautery with histology, from £595
Doctor cryotherapy, first lesion, from £395
Extended 45-minute consultation, from £395
Skin examination with dermoscopy, from £295
In-person consultation, 30 minutes, from £220
Same-day video consultation, 30 minutes, from £150
Why The Wellness is the best wart and verruca removal in London
The programme is priced to the outcome, and that is countable. One fee, every session of whatever method the lesion needs, home treatment between, and the review until it is gone, so the 9-session wart costs what the 3-session wart costs and the incentive to stop early disappears. A wart that will not clear with these methods is referred to a named dermatologist with the appointment booked rather than treated for a tenth time.
Every lesion is looked at with a dermatoscope by a doctor before anything is frozen, and anything pigmented or atypical is removed with histology instead, because the sole and the nail bed are where cancers are mistaken for verrucas. The method is chosen for the site. Freezing for hands, paring with acid and freezing cycles for the sole, curettage for a single lesion where a scar does not matter.
We also say when to do nothing. A small painless wart in a child is left to the 2-in-3 chance of clearing on its own, and a parent is told that rather than sold 6 sessions. Places on the 12-month programmes are limited by the number of people one doctor can hold properly, so they begin with an allocation call.
Book a consultation and the treatment starts the same visit or call 020 3951 3429.
Related reading
This page is one spoke of the Private GP in London hub. The dermatoscope examination that comes first is covered in Mole Check and Skin Cancer Screening in London, and skin checks for the whole family within the Family Health Screening in London and Children and Families pages.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best wart and verruca removal in London
The best wart and verruca removal in London examines every lesion with a dermatoscope first, chooses the method by site, continues to clearance rather than stopping at 3 sessions, and refers a lesion that will not clear to a named dermatologist. At The Wellness the Complete Clearance Programme is from £1,495 and doctor cryotherapy from £395 for the first lesion.
How much does verruca removal cost in London
A dermatologist first appointment costs £250 to £500 before treatment, and per-session cryotherapy with a consultant fee each time commonly passes £1,500 over a stubborn plantar wart's 8 sessions with nothing promised. At The Wellness the Complete Clearance Programme covers every session and home treatment until clearance from £1,495, and single-lesion cryotherapy is from £395.
Does freezing work on verrucas
Less well than on hand warts. In the EVerT trial cryotherapy cleared 14% of plantar warts at 12 weeks, the same as salicylic acid, so plantar lesions are usually treated with paring and acid between freezing sessions and continued for months. At The Wellness that combination is part of the Complete Clearance Programme from £1,495.
Will a wart go away on its own
Often. Around 2 in 3 in children clear within 2 years, adults take longer, and a wart present for more than 2 years or on the sole is the least likely to. A small painless wart in a child can be left alone. At The Wellness that is said in the consultation from £220 rather than replaced with sessions.
What does pricing to clearance mean
One fee covers the consultation, every session of whatever method is needed, the home treatment between and the review until the wart is gone or a dermatologist is booked, so a 9-session wart costs the same as a 3-session one and the risk of a stubborn lesion sits with the clinic. At The Wellness the Complete Clearance Programme is from £1,495.
Can a verruca be something more serious
Rarely, yes. A pigmented, bleeding or changing lesion on the sole can be a melanoma and a lesion under a nail can be a squamous cell carcinoma, and both have been frozen as verrucas. At The Wellness every lesion is examined with a dermatoscope from £295 and anything atypical is removed with histology from £595.
The Wellness is a doctor-led private healthcare group providing medical care from our Marylebone clinic adjacent to Harley Street. All doctors are GMC-registered. Lesions removed at the clinic are sent to accredited histopathology laboratories, and referrals go to named consultant dermatologists. A lesion that bleeds, changes colour or grows quickly needs a doctor this week, not a wart clinic. In an emergency call 999. This article is general information and not a substitute for medical advice about your own health.
Send us your question about warts or email team@thewellnesslondon.com or call 020 3951 3429.
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